Water Services Band D: $105,642 - $122,291 per annum plus 12% statutory superannuation.
Location: Negotiable across SRW offices in Werribee, Colac or Warrnambool
About Southern Rural Water
Southern Rural Water (SRW) is a Victorian water corporation with nearly 170 staff, managing major dams, weirs, water licencing and more from Mallacoota through to the South Australian border. At SRW, we believe that diversity makes us stronger, and we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels respected, valued, and empowered to thrive and contribute to collective success. Through providing a flexible, always safe workplace and promoting employee development, we empower employees to contribute to our strategy of great value for customers and community through excellence in rural water management.
How We Support You
At Southern Rural Water, we recognise and prioritise the wellbeing and fulfillment of our staff members. Here's what we offer to ensure a balanced and rewarding work experience:
Embrace flexibility: We support various working arrangements including WFH, 9-day fortnights, tailor your work schedule to accommodate for school drop off and pick up hours.
Generous leave provisions: 15 days sick leave and 14 weeks paid parental leave to support you during life’s important moments!
Health and Wellbeing: Yearly reimbursement of up to $150 per financial year to support you in physical, mental and financial wellbeing.
Professional development: We support your growth through a range of internal and external training initiatives and offer study assistance programs to empower you to reach your full potential.
Employee Assistance Program: Receive comprehensive support for yourself and your family through our employee assistance program.
Salary Sacrifice: Salary Sacrifice options for vehicles, equipment, and superannuation to enhance your financial benefits.
Southern Rural Water is currently seeking a driven and dynamic individual to join our team as the Team Leader Operations and Compliance (TLOC). In this role, you will lead the Groundwater and Rivers Operations Compliance Teams across the West region, ensuring our regulatory obligations are met while driving a culture of excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
As the TLOC, you will lead and support a geographically dispersed team of Water Management Officers across the West. You will provide clear direction, guidance, and mentoring to ensure the team consistently meets operational goals and feel supported, connected, and set up for success. Success in this role requires the ability to support a field based workforce and maintain strong team connection across distance.
The West region covers:
South Australian border to the Moorabool basin and Werribee River, taking in major centres including Werribee, Geelong, Colac, Ballarat and Warrnambool
Working closely with Investigators, Water Management Officers and the Manager, Groundwater and Rivers Operation Compliance, you will oversee compliance and enforcement activities, ensuring consistent, fair, and best practice regulatory approaches. While experience in compliance and enforcement within a regulatory environment is important, we are equally looking for a leader who brings structure, consistency, and sound judgement, while remaining adaptable and confident in responding to evolving priorities and operational challenges.
This is a hands on leadership role where at times you may step into the field to support inspections, training, and compliance activities while helping your team build capability and confidence.
As the Team Leader Operations and Compliance, some of your responsibilities will include:
Leading and managing a geographically dispersed team, setting priorities, allocating resources, and monitoring performance to achieve outcomes.
Interpret and apply relevant sections of the Water Act 1989 to meet SRW compliance objectives.
Delivering high level customer service to internal and external stakeholders, addressing complex compliance issues, and providing guidance to promote adherence to water legislation and policies.
Conducting regular meetings with direct reports, offering constructive feedback, coaching, and direction to ensure efficient and effective performance.
Desired Skills and Experience
About you
The successful candidate for this position will be able to demonstrate some of the desired experience and abilities below:
Proven leadership experience, with the ability to build trust, capability, and a positive team culture with a geographically dispersed team.
Relevant qualifications, such as a Cert IV in Government Investigations (or willingness to obtain).
Experience and understanding of government, legislative, regulatory, and licensing frameworks.
Demonstrated ability to establish and implement effective processes to uplift compliance and achieve robust outcomes.
Ability to identify complex problems or issues, mitigate risks, and negotiate effective resolution or outcome.
How to Apply
Applications should be made online by clicking 'Apply' before midnight Sunday 7 June 2026 or by visiting our website: www.srw.com.au
Please take the time to describe how your knowledge, skills and abilities would make you a suitable candidate for this role as part of your cover letter.
A Position Description for this position can be obtained from this link.
Southern Rural Water is committed to diversity and inclusion in employment and is proud to encourage applications from people of different backgrounds, abilities, ages, genders, gender identities and/or sexual orientations.
Southern Rural Water acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands and waters we work with and within, and pay respects to Elders past and present.
We welcome applications from people with disability and aim to provide an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you need any help with the application process or would like to discuss your reasonable adjustments during interviews, please contact: peopleandculture@srw.com.au
